Improving inpatients' identification of their doctors: Use of FACE™ cards

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 35, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 613-619

  Arora, Vineet M ^a   Schaninger, Caitlin ^b   D'Arcy, Michael ^c   Johnson, Julie K ^d   Humphrey, Holly J ^b   Woodruff, James N ^a   Meltzer, David O ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e Hospital Medicine   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SAFETY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74949086717     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1553-7250(09)35086-2     Document Type: Article

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